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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a specialist consultant report is required in addition to a letter from a general practitioner which clearly outlines a permanent incapability to work in the context of deciding whether a person is permanently incapable of work; if a specialist consultant report carries more weight than a report by a general practitioner...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for a decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been shortened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which waiting times for payments in respect of means-tested applications compare with contribution related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applicants with insufficient contributions to qualify for the State pension (contributory) might have their cases reviewed with the possibility of a pro rata payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she and her office continue to ensure the making of a basic payment to applicants of social welfare payments while the primary application is being processed in order to alleviate hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals being determined on a weekly basis; the number of appeals arising each week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24895/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which satisfactory provision has been made for those retiring at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24896/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of the State pension non-contributory in the past two years; the extent to which this number has fluctuated or is likely to so do; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of child benefit payments; the extent to which this has fluctuated in the past two years and is likely to so do in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of exceptional needs payments made in each of the past two years to date; the most common reasons for which the payment was sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24900/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Nahid Bashardost is an Afghan woman journalist who has highlighted human rights abuses widely in recent years and is now in fear of her life from the Taliban. I ask the Taoiseach to use his good offices to facilitate an early application for asylum here, given her record and given the existence of humanitarian grounds.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he expects the shared island dialogue concept to progress in the aftermath of the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland. [21990/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his initiatives under this particular heading. This has obviously become difficult in light of the fact that a co-signatory to an international agreement has withdrawn and has decided unilaterally to disregard and tear up the agreement. To what extent is it possible at this stage to inveigle UK authorities of the urgent need to restore an international...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24937/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: But if a number of directors or board members decided that they had a concern and that it was time to dissolve the structures because of the threat of conservatism taking over, is it not possible to do that under the existing provisions?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which foreign direct investment continues to be a positive feature for job creation in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25396/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent do County Kildare and the rest of the country continue to be attractive places for foreign direct investment? How is it working in light of the new regime on corporation profits tax?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. To what extent, if any, does discourse continue at international level in respect of corporation profits tax? How might that affect Ireland? Are there likely to be further changes in that area?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent is foreign direct investment being encouraged towards the regions in order to ensure a balance in the population and the workforce? That has obvious economic benefits for the working population and investment generally in the economy.